Dispensing vessel.



A. HELDRICH.

DISPENSING VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1912.

1,066,81 3. Patented July 8, 1913.

WITNESSES INVENTOR Z-,a z, g, ANDREW HELDRIQH C; BY H15 ATTORNEY UNITEDSTATES IPATENT OFFICE".

ANDREW HELDRICH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF T0ARNOLD H. ZIFFERBLATT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

msrnasme vessel..

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1913.

shakers, powder boxes, and the like which have perforated tops and aperforated valve movable in respect thereto so as to open and close theperforations and permit or prevent discharge of the contents of thevessel.

The object of my invention is to so construct such a dispensing vesselthat the valve will be normallyretained in the closed position; allleakagewhen the valve is closed will be prevented; no part of the valve,or of the spring which closes it, will be accessible to the contents ofthe vessel; there will be no outside exposure of the valve, ex cept asto the thumb piece whereby the valve is operated, and the structure w1llbe compact and inexpensive.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view ofthe upper end of a dispensing vessel constructed in accordance with myinvention; Fig. 2 is a sectional plan viewl of the same on the line a-a,Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating anotherconstruction embodying my invention; and Fig. 4. is a sectional planview on the line b-b, Flg. 3.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, 1 re resents the upper portion of thebod of t e vessel and 2 the cap of said vesse which may either beintegral with the body as shown, or may be secured to said body in anydesired manner, such cap having therein pertorations 3 disposed asdesired. To theupper portion of the vessel is fitted a cover 4f,preferably having a dished or depressed central 'portion 5 which isperforated as at 6 so that its perforations register with theperforations 3 in the cap 2.

Between the cap 2 and the dished portion 5 of the cover 4 tits alaterally sliding valve 7 which has a thumb piece 8l projecting througha slot in`the cover', as sh0wn in Fig. 2, the inner face of this valvebearmg against a flat spring 9 which is contained in one of the chambersformed between the cap 2 and cover 4, outside of the limits of thedished portion 5 of the latter, as shown in Fig. 1. The spring 9 bearsat its ends againstthe inner face of the side wall of the cover 4, asshown in Fig. 2, so as to have a constant tendency to press the valve 7outwardly and thus carry its perforations 10 out of register with theperforations 3 and 6 formed in the ca 2 and cover 4, thereby closing thevesse both against the discharge of any of its contents and againsttheaccess of moisture, dust, or any other foreign matter to such contents.

When it is desired to discharge any of the contents from the vesselpressure of the tnumb or finger upon the thumb piece 8 will.

move the .valve 7 inwardly until its perforations register with those ofthe cap and cover of the vessel, the latter perforations being closedagain, however, as soon as the pressure of the thumb or finger isremoved from the thumb piece 8.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have illustrated my invention as embodied in a vesselhaving a swinging valve 7, the latter having a central pivot stud 11which is adapted to central openings in the perforated portion of thecap 2 and cover 4., both of the latter be ing dished in those portionsin which the perforatio-ns are formed so as to produce outside of thelimits of said dished portions, a chamber of somewhatlarger size thanthat, shown in Fig. 1, this chamber receiving a coiled spring 9u whichbears at one end against a lug l2 projecting inwardly from the cover 4and at the other end against a wing 13 projecting outwardly from theperforated and swinging valve 7 from which also projects the thumb piece8 which plays in a segmental slot 14 in the cover 4, this slot being ofsuch dimensions as to permit swinging movement of the valve 7 to anextent sufficient to carry it-s perforations 10 `into or out of registerwith the perforaticns 3 and 6 of the cap 2 and. cover 4, the tendency ofthe spring 9 being to move the .valve 7 to such position that itsperforations shall be out of register with the others. Either form ofvalve lits snugly between the cap and cover of the vessel so that whenthe valve is in its closed position any leakage of the contents of thevessel is prevented as is also the ent-rance of moisture or externalimpurity into the vessel, the contents of which are therefore alwayskept dry and in an uncontaminated condition, and by reason of the factthat no portion of the moving valve or of its actuating spring isaccessible to the contents of the vessel there is' no possibility ofsaid contents clogging the valve, all portions of the valve and itsoperating spring being inclosed with the exception of theunobjectionable projecting thumb piece. The valve attachment does notmaterially increase the size of the vessel or add materially to theexpense of t-he same.

1. The combination, in a dispensing vessel, of a perforated cap and aperforated cover havm a. chamber between them, with a perforate valvemovable bet-Ween the cap and. cover so as to o en and close theperforatio-ns therein, an a spring contained in said chamber and servingto move the valve to its closed position. f

2. The combination, in a dispensing vessel, of a perforated cap and aperforated cover, one of such members being dished in that portion inwhich the perforations are formed, a perforated valve movable betweensaid cap and cover so as to open or close the tained between said caperforations therein, and a spring also coni and cover/l in a chamberoutside of the dlshed portion of the same, said spring acting uponthevalve so as tov move the same to a closed position.

3. The combination, in a dispensing vessel, of a perforated ca and aerforated cover, either of which 1s dished 1n its perforated portion, aperforated vvalve movable between said cap and cover so as to open orclose the perforations therein, and

a spring contained in a chamber between the cap and cover beyond thelimits ofthe dished portion, said spring bearing upon an abutment in'said chamber and also upon a projecting. abutment on the valve antending to move the latter to the closed p sition. In testimony whereof,I have signed my name to ythis specification, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

. ANDREW HELDRICH.

Witnesses:

KATE A. BEADLE, HAMILTON D. TURNER.

